Tyre Advice

Friends,
I am in a trouble with single Goodyear(OE) on my Punto 90HP Sport. It got punctured,left a large hole and blew out fully suddenly.I am told to change the tyre when taken it to a local repair shop,but I did not.Now planning to take it to a better place(Tyre Empire,HSR,Bangalore) as they may have better facilities to fix it.If at all the response is same,should I put the same brand and model or is possible to shift to Bridgestone,Yokohoma etc....?

I have got it fixed using 9mm mushroom patch from Tyre Empire,HSR,Bangalore. They had given me this as first option and putting a tube as second.Since it was not found leaking till they checked by putting in water,advised me to go with the first option itself.

By the way,the mud flap(cup type) got fully damaged during the incident as it might have touched on the hump at where the puncture noticed.Is it possible to get only one mud flap in that case or I will have to go for full set? If so how much it may cost approx?

No Additional cost on all except the Weight that would be used during wheel balancing.

Now I went with Falkens in mind since I was strongly recommended them by 2 friends. Also cause they have a 2 years unconditional warranty. But I could Not find and other reviews online for the same hence skeptical.

Just now on my way back I got these rates for the YOKO C Drives @ 4300 a piece and now I am tempted to go for the same without thinking much cause the web is filled with positive feedback for these tires.

Apollo now takes a back seat cause here I don't have to return my old tyres...haha ..sorry being cheezy here... and also as compared to Brands like YOKO & Falken ... the Apollo definately takes a beating.

Please advice am I correct ?? I mean Should I go for the YOKO C Drives??

I am happy with Bridgestone MY02... I have done 55k already and still feel there is some rubber for another 5k. One disadvantage ofcourse is that you cannot rotate the tyres diagonally just like that as it has a defined rotation... you will have to completely take them out from the rims and reverse the direction of tyres...

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Oh by the way I got them from Darshan Tyres on Nagar Road, Opposite to Hyatt, Vimannagar for 4050 per tyre...in 2013